Freeview Light on the Perranporth (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Perranporth (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves 1,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Perranporth (Cornwall, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Perranporth (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Perranporth transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C46- (673.8MHz) | 93m | DTG- | 16W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C43- (649.8MHz) | 93m | DTG- | 16W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 93m | DTG- | 16W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Perranporth (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Perranporth transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 73km east (87°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 81km east (87°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Perranporth (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 1 May 2019 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C43 | -D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C46 | -BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 8 Jul 09 and 5 Aug 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 16W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-3dB) 8W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Redruth transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 2 March 2013
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Andy Hillary5:20 PM
Perranporth
Only limited channels available (used to get many more). Does Perranporth transmitter cover things like Dave, ITV3/4, Film4 etc. We used to get them but can't now.
Aerial is in loft.
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Andy's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb385:51 PM
Andy Hillary: If you used to get more channels then you were receiving the signal from Redruth and not your local Perranporth relay transmitter at just under 1 mile away.
You should remove the aerial connection and carry out an auto retune without it being connected to scrub channels already stored, then once done check that nothing is showing in the EPG list, then carry out a manual tune (one at a time) of each mux channel used by Redruth, storing the results after each scan.
Redruths channels being /
44 - 41 - 47 (HD) - 48 - 52 - 51
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jb386:24 PM
Andy Hillary: If by any chance anyone has been in the loft and possibly upset the aerials position then it should be facing 204 degrees for Redruth (@ 10 miles) and with its elements being horizontal, whereas Perranporth is at 189 degrees and with the elements being vertical.
You could of course carry out a shortened procedure to that described above by going into the tuning menu / manual tune and entering the "latter three" mux channels one at a time from the list given, scanning each in turn and storing the results as its these three that are missing, but this should only be done if ITV3, Pick TV or Film 4 is not seen listed on your EPG, because if they are then its likely the case that the signal is still there but at a level too low to resolve a picture.
Further info dependant on results / answers.
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Monday, 28 December 2015
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d.robertson1:55 PM
Perranporth
the signal in tr6 0er is poor.It keeps breaking up now and again.A bit of bad weather seems to effect it so basically it is a poor quality service.The BBC may have to refund part of the licence if this continues.
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